How AI and Intuition Will Fuel Digital Digital Learning

People sometimes assume intuition is magic and that some people just have it.

But in creative work, I don’t think of intuition as mystical. It is something that has to be earned over time by doing the same work over and over again with nuance.

And, in an AI world, intuition will be an essential quality filter.

As production accelerates, the creative gap isn’t in output, it’s in discernment. Anyone can create faster. Fewer can tell what educational content is actually worth keeping. Intuition is what allows you to navigate the flood of AI-generated drafts, designs, and ideas with confidence. It’s your built-in feedback loop, that the muscle that whispers:

“This feels off.”
“This feels real.”
“This resonates.”

🎬 Repetition builds intuition.
When I produce, write, or design a course over and over, I start to recognize subtle cues: a course structure that feels off, pacing that drags, dialogue that feels forced, visuals that compete instead of support. More and more, I have stopped second-guessing and started refining. It’s not guessing anymore, it’s informed pattern recognition.

👥 Intuition sharpens collaboration.
When I’m working with an experienced team, I know its collective internal compass has been honed through experience. We doesn’t need endless direction, we need trust. Our shared intuition creates efficiency and an ability to discover good surprises that we can capture in content to create a learning moment that stands out.

🧠 Finally, intuition connects the dots faster than logic can.
It’s what allows you to make a creative call in real time, because you’ve seen enough versions of “almost there” to know when it’s you’re finally proud enough to ship it. That sensitivity only comes from showing up, again and again.

In my work, I’ve built my intuition through repetition, but I’ve refined it through reflection and constructive (and let’s face it - unconstructive) feedback given to me over my career. And over time, it becomes the quiet confidence that says, “I know this works.” Said another way, intuition is muscle memory for discernment. I know I must reinforce with data to gather buy-in but it guides me to form plausible hypotheses.

Gen AI tools help us move faster, but if we must slow down to notice what quality feels like, so we dont we lose the very sense that separates meaningful work from noise. The future belongs to creatives and learning designers who will blend both AI for speed with intuition for taste. Because tools can replicate style. But only people can recognize substance.